Take one sexy quarterback,
Mix in one adventurous princess,
Add some serious sexual tension,
And you get the royal romance of a lifetime.

Kyle Young—all-star quarterback and lady-killer—thought he knew what he wanted out of life: freedom, football and fun. Then he meets Bella. She seems like the perfect woman: gorgeous, funny, and a huge football fan. But what he doesn’t know? Bella also happens to be Princess Arabella of Salasia.

Yearning for adventure and romance before she devotes herself to her country and marries a man she doesn’t love, Arabella can’t believe her luck when she meets Kyle. Sparks fly between the football player and the princess, and they begin an affair neither of them could’ve imagined.

Soon, however, duty and self-doubt cause Kyle and Arabella to separate. Can he become the prince she needs? And can Arabella overcome her family’s disapproval? Or will their love transform back into a pumpkin at midnight, leaving them both without a happily ever after?

He brushed his fingers across her cheek. “You sure about this?”That she had an answer to. “I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life.”
At that, Kyle led her from the door to stand in the muted light. Their room held a queen-sized bed with a charming quilt, and wooden furniture scattered throughout. She thought she could hear the sound of a record player somewhere downstairs, but otherwise it was quiet. Quiet except for her breathing, and the roaring in her ears from her pounding heart.

Kyle’s fingers glided down her face, down her throat, brushing against her beating pulse before brushing against her collarbone. She swallowed. His index finger made a figure eight around her heart, right above her cleavage.

“Tell me one more time,” he said in a low voice. “Tell me you want this.”

“I want this. I want you.” She knew she sounded desperate, but she didn’t even care at this point. “Kiss me, Kyle.”

Virna DePaul is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, and a former criminal prosecutor who writes thrilling, sexy stories about ordinary people overcoming extraordinary obstacles to find love. She has been traditionally published with Penguin, Harlequin, and Random House, and is also a bestselling Indie author.